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Apr 28, 2017

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General Use File server on Failover Cluster deployed in Azure on Windows server 2016

I am trying to get a clear answer on Failover clustering in WIndows Server 2016. In Windows 2012 setting up a Scale Out File Server share was to be used for SQL or Hyper-V. Using the General Use Fi...

Philip Elder
Jun 21, 2017
It is still true.

SOFS in S2D (Storage Spaces Direct) or in a disaggregated setting (2+ nodes + JBOD(s)) is meant for storaging VHDX files that are used in a Hyper-V compute cluster.

A simple cluster setup that can host a Highly Available file server VM would be an asymmetric cluster:
(2) Nodes with (2) SAS HBAs
(1) JBOD or more if needed
The above setup would host both clustered Storage Spaces and Hyper-V. An example on our company blog.

Philip Elder

MVP

Jun 21, 2017

It is still true.

SOFS in S2D (Storage Spaces Direct) or in a disaggregated setting (2+ nodes + JBOD(s)) is meant for storaging VHDX files that are used in a Hyper-V compute cluster.

A simple cluster setup that can host a Highly Available file server VM would be an asymmetric cluster:

(2) Nodes with (2) SAS HBAs
(1) JBOD or more if needed

The above setup would host both clustered Storage Spaces and Hyper-V. An example on our company blog.